Carpet-stretcher



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H. 2. OOLBS. Carpet Stretcher.

L No. 240,092. Patented April12,l88l

l P i l UNITED TATES HERBERT Z. GOIiES, OF LAKE CITY, MINNESOTA.

CARPET-STRETCH ER.

SH ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,092, dated April 12, 1881.

L Application filed March 1, 1881.

i To alli'whom it may concern Be it known that I, HERBERT Z. (Jones, of Lake (pity, in the State of Minnesota, have inventetgcertain new and useful Improvements in Car et-Stretchers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptibn thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. which form part of this specification, in which the figure shows a perspective view of my carpet-stretcher.

Prior to my invention a carpet-stretcher has been made with a toothed foot at the rear end of the stretcher-bar, a pivoted sharp-pointed lever arranged at the remaining forward end of said bar, and a check-pawl connected with the toothed foot; but in stretching a carpet with sucle device several objectionable features have bee found to exist. First, as the lever is held upon the floor near the base-board the toothed foot will necessarily engage with the carpet at a distance from the edge fully equal to the length of the stretcher-bar, thus leaving awide margin of unstretched carpet; secondly, the toothed foot cannot be brought up closely to the base-board, being kept oft therefrom by the stretcher-bar; and, tinally, after the carpet has been stretched and held from backingaway from the wall by the checkpawl the forward end of the stretcher-bar and the lever will be in the way and interrupt the line of tacking.

To obviate these defects I arrange the toothed foot at one end of the stretcher-bar, the checkpawl at the remaining end, and connect the lever with the stretcher-bar by a connecting rod pivoted to the bar between the foot and the check-pawl, the teeth of the foot being inclined forward, so that the foot can be engaged with the carpet as closely to the edge thereof as desired, and the lever be swung back out of the way after it has been used to draw the toothed foot in close proximity to the base-board.

In the drawing, the letter A indicates the stretcher-bar, which is provided with a toothed foot, B, at one end, and at its remaining end (No model.)

with a pivoted check pawl, G. The teeth or points D of the foot incline forward-that is to say, out from that side of the foot that is opposite the side which joins with the stretcherbar.

E indicates the operating-lever, provided with a handle, a, and a pointed end,f. This lever is pivoted to the upper end of a connectin g-rod, F,which is pivoted to the stretcher-bar between the ends thereof, so that it will be at the rear of the toothed foot.

To operate this device the operator presses the pointed end of the lever in the floor alongside of the baseboard of the wall and engages the toothed foot with the carpet. By now pressing lightly with one of his feet upon the stretcherbar and the connecting-rod, atthe point of connection between the two, and raisin g the handle end of the lever the carpet will be stretched and its edge brought close to the base-board. By now pressing upon the checkpawl with his remaining foot the stretcher-bar, foot, and carpet will be prevented from backing away from the wall, and hence the lever can be raised from the floor and swung back out of the way and the carpet tacked. It is evident that the toothed foot can be engaged with the carpet as near to the edge of the latter as desired, a sufficient margin being, of course, left for tacking.

What I claim as my invention is-- lhe carpet-stretcher provided with a stretcher-bar having the toothed foot at one end, the pivoted check-pawl at its remaining end, and the operating-lever connected with the stretcher-rod at a point in rear of the toothed foot by a connecting-rod, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HERBERT Z. GOLES.

Witnesses:

O. A. HUBBARD,

Gno. H. Horcnnvs. 

